Bassinet for automobiles



Feb. 24, 1953 A. G. GOLDBERG 2,629,109

BASSINET FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed July 18, 1951 2 SHEETSSH.EET l LI ////l flzaAa/r cNVE/VTZR.

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Feb. 24, 1953 A. G. GOLDBERG 2,629,109

BASSINET FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed July 18, 1951 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 JNVEZTORI Patented Feb. 24, 1953 UNI TED STATES PAT T O F I CE .BAssI-NE'r FOR AUTOMOBILES. Abraham G. Goldberg, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Application Jul -1s, 1951, Serial -No. 2si.,41:o

This invention relates to a bassinet or childis crib for use in an automobileand itlhas for its general object to provide an improved bassinet adapted to be placed above the driver'f-s .seat and alongside of the driver so that if the driver is the only occupant of the automobile besides the child she will be able to watch the child without withdrawing her attention from the roadway.

In order to give an understanding of the invention, I have illustrated a selected embodiment thereof in the drawing which will now be described. The novel features of the invention will be pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a more or less diagrammatic sectional View of an automobile having my improved bassinet installed therein.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe bassinet.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the'extensi'on legs. v

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the lower end of one of the U-shaped supporting members.

Fig. 6 is a view showing the manner in which the extension legs may be stored when not being used.

In the drawing, 1 indicates generally an automobile having the front or drivers seat 2 provided with the usual back 3. 4 indicates the floor of the automobile, 5 indicate the cowl or instrument board, and 6 is a portion of the front windshield.

As stated above, my improved bassinet is designed to be installed in the automobile above the drivers seat 2 and along side of the driver.

The bassinet is made with an elongated rigid top frame member I and a, body member 8 of canvas or some other suitable flexible material which is secured to the top frame member I and depends therefrom.

Secured to the frame member 1 at each end thereof is an U-sliaped supporting member, the supporting member at the rear of the bassinet when it is installed being indicated at 9 and that at the front end of the bassinet being indicated at Ill.

Each supporting member is made with the two vertical arms I l which are pivoted at their upper ends to the frame member I, as shown at l2, the lower ends of the arms of each supporting member being connected by the cross bar or bridge portion I3. These supporting members provide means for supporting the bassinet when it is removed from the automobile. Said supporting .2. members are held in their operative positions by means of folding braces 30, which provide for folding the supporting members when the bassi= netis not to be used.

Each arm ll of the rear supporting. member 9 has a hooked member 14 pivoted thereto at its upper end, said hooked members being designed to hook over the top of the back 3 of the drivers seat, as shown in Fig. 1. These hook members 14 are preferably pivoted to the arms H so that they can be folded when the bassinet is not in use, and for "this purpose the lower end of thestem of each hook member is rigidly mounted in a hingememher [5 which is made in the form of a loop that embraces the stem andis .pivotally mounted on the upper end of the arm H by the same pivotal connection l2 by which saidarmis pivotally connected to the frame member'l.

If desired, the hooks l4 may be :so constructed that when they are hooked over the top of the back of the seat the bridge portion l3 of the rear supportingmember 9 will rest lightly on the top of the seat 2.

Associated with thefront U-shaped supporting member I!) are two extension legs I], I8 which are adjustably secured to the arms of the supporting member I0, so that they may be adjusted to provide a firm support for the front end of the bassinet.

Automobiles are now commonly made with a raised fiOor portion extending longitudinally along the median line of the automobile body, such raised portion being for the purpose of accommodating the longitudinally extending driving shaft. In accordance with this invention, the means for supporting the front end of the bassinet is such that it can be firmly supported on portions of the floor at each of the two levels.

Each extension leg is channel shaped, as shown in Fig. 4, and when in use it is located on the outside and embraces the corresponding arm ll of the front supporting member In, as shown in Fig. 2. Each extension leg member is formed with a longitudinally extending slot 23, and the lower end of each arm of the supporting member II] is provided with an opening 24 near its lower end.

Each leg extension is clamped to the corresponding arm H by means of a clamping bolt 20' which extends through the slot 23 of the leg extension and also through the opening 24.

The leg extensions can be clamped firmly in adjusted position merely by tightening the clamp bolt, and when the bolt is loosened the leg extensions are free to be adjusted vertically on the arms I l of the front supporting member.

If it is desired to install the bassinet in a position more or less close to the driver, then the outside leg extension I! will be adjusted so that it will rest on a portion of the floor 4 at the lower level, and the other extension leg l8 will be adjusted so that it will rest on the portion 2| of the floor at the higher level, as shown in Fig. 3. In this way the front end of the bassinet will be firmly supported notwithstanding the fact that it is resting on portions of the floor at different levels.

The length of the extension legs [1, I8 is slightly I less than the length of the arms II. When the bassinet is not in use in the automobile, these leg extensions can be removed from the outside of the arms I l and replaced for storage on inside of the arms, as shown in Fig. 6. Each leg extension has an opening 19 at its lower end and when the leg extensions are placed inside of the arms ll they may be retained in such stored position by inserting the clamping bolt 20 through the holes 24 and [9 which are brought into alinement for this purpose. When the extension legs are thus stored on the inside of the arms I l the bassinet will have two supporting members 9 and 10 of the same length which will support it in a level position when it is removed from the automobile.

I claim:

A bassinet for supporting a child above the drivers seat of an automobile and alongside of the driver, said bassinet comprising an elongated rigid top frame member having a length greaterthan the fore and aft dimensions of the drivers seat, a flexible body member secured to and depending from the top frame member, a one-piece U-shaped supporting member depending from the top frame member at each end thereof, both supporting members being of the ame length and each supporting member extending transversely of the top frame member and having the upper ends of its arms secured thereto, a hook member pivotally secured to the upper end of each arm of the U-shaped supporting member at one end of the bassinet and adapted to hook over the top and back of the driver's seat when the bassinet is in operative position above said seat with the other end thereof located in front of the seat, each arm of the other supporting member having an opening closely adjacent its lower end, a channel-shaped extension leg for each arm of said other supporting member for extending the length thereof, each extension leg having a length less than that of the corresponding arm and also having a longitudinally extending slot in its upper portion and an opening closely adjacent its lower end, each extension leg being placeable on the outside of the corresponding arm with its slot registering with the opening in said arm for extending the effective length of said supporting member, a clamping bolt extending through the slot in each extension leg and the opening in the corresponding arm for clamping each leg in any adjusted position, each extension leg being removable from the outside of the corresponding arm and replaceable for storage on the inside thereof with the openings in said extension leg and arm in registering relation for the reception of said clamping bolt, thereby converting the bassinet into one with two supporting members of equal length.

ABRAHAM G. GOLDBERG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent;

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,516,434 Hoogner Nov. 18, 1924 1,560,114 Skog Nov. 3, 1925 1,576,919 Lowery Mar. 16, 1926 2,488,225 Mover Nov. 15, 1949 2,508,822 Goldberg May 23, 1950 2,586,237 Linden Feb. 19, 1952 

